Would Isner, Raonic or karlovic have won a slam in the 90s?

With the surface speeds back then certainly raonic and Isner would have had a good chance. This tells me the that the surface speeds are just about right at the moment given the quality of today's final where all round players can shine.

Ivo-most people would say no way he is worst off the ground among those 3 guys, but i say he would have shot at Wimbledon-he is great on grass and at his serving peak he is untouchable on grass so on old ,,faster,, grass i can see him to have chance + he is good volleyear, he would love era SV without baseline rallies - in 2009 he was in Wimby QF-in 2007 he was serving even better, so IVo on faster grass, going to net more often winning matches trough tie-breaks i can see that - but only at his serving peak

Definetly think Raonic would have won a slam in the 90s, Isner would have a shot his ground game just as good if not better than gorans.

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They both have better ground game than Goran, and Isner's fh has vastly improved(his monster serve + fh put away has been a great one-two punch). Raonic began to develop some consistent from the baseline. I don't see no reason why they wouldn't win a slam in the 90s, especially when the conditions are suitable for big server.

The thing I want people to recognise is that everyone says the surfaces are so slow which is fine but raonic, karlovic and Isner STILL hold over 93% of the time so imagine what they would do in a faster era. These guys have either truly INCREDIBLE serves even better than a good majority of those big servers in the 90s or I'm I missing something.

The thing I want people to recognise is that everyone says the surfaces are so slow which is fine but raonic, karlovic and Isner STILL hold over 93% of the time so imagine what they would do in a faster era. These guys have either truly INCREDIBLE serves even better than a good majority of those big servers in the 90s or I'm I missing something.

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Thing is if they played in the 90s, that means less access to the racket technology we have today with the lux strings, so there would be quite a bit taken off their serve chances are.

These guys are the equivalent of a Phillopousis or someone.. And he didn't win a slam either.. None of them are any better then he was really. If you want to put them in the 90s you have to put them under the same situations that everyone else had.. That means giving the same racket technology as well

With the surface speeds back then certainly raonic and Isner would have had a good chance. This tells me the that the surface speeds are just about right at the moment given the quality of today's final where all round players can shine.

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Neither of those guys would win a slam. They cannot volley for one, and they are mostly serve for another. They wouldn't win on clay obviously, and they would've had to get a Wimbledon before Sampras started dominating it in 1993. The AO is out of the question considering Sampras himself only won 2 AO's, and I still don't think either of them would win a USO although that would be their best chance.

Thing is if they played in the 90s, that means less access to the racket technology we have today with the lux strings, so there would be quite a bit taken off their serve chances are.

These guys are the equivalent of a Phillopousis or someone.. And he didn't win a slam either.. None of them are any better then he was really. If you want to put them in the 90s you have to put them under the same situations that everyone else had.. That means giving the same racket technology as well

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... but Isner isn't using the fancy lux strings that you mentioned. and as for racket technology well, he's using a racket that is 100% graphite, the same exact composite material of Philippoussis prestige's. :-?

Thing is if they played in the 90s, that means less access to the racket technology we have today with the lux strings, so there would be quite a bit taken off their serve chances are.

These guys are the equivalent of a Phillopousis or someone.. And he didn't win a slam either.. None of them are any better then he was really. If you want to put them in the 90s you have to put them under the same situations that everyone else had.. That means giving the same racket technology as well

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Agree that racquet technology wasn´t as good, but it wouldn´t made such difference, Ivo´s serve is more about placement - thanks to his height he can hit those spots and he would use SV, go to the net - i think Ivo would benefit on faster surfaces without so many rallies. So i would give him little chance at Wimbledon

Isner- well his kick serve probably woudn´t be so effective but with his big FH he can hit through anybody on faster HC - so i would still give him little chance at USO

Raonic-he would suffer mostly at serve - he is using new racquets and he is hitting hardest 1st serves regularly, but his style of games suits 90s and has the power, can go to the net and his serve would be still among best, so would give him chance at USO or Wimbledon.

About chances to win slam -Raonic actually has bigger chance in future with nobody from his generatinos with sch big weapons so i am confident he will win in future slam

Isner- he won´t win slam in future, don´t believe it and his chance in 90s would be little bit higher in 90s at USO

Ivo- his chance in this era was always 0% basically without serve he is by far worst, but he can volley well and he would love to play in era with less rallies, faster surfaces and he would be scary at old grass at his best serving days - that means high FS% + million aces and unreturnables - he can win vs anybody in tie-breaks if serving well

So i would give Ivo and John little chance to win Wimbledon and USO, while Milos probably had bigger chance in future, but he would have chances in 90s to

to be honest, i was actually routing for patrick rafter that day but i'm happy goran got the fairytale ending of a career. can't help but smile and feel happy for him that day. Wimbledon 2001 is still one of my favorite matches of all time.